ROBBIE Brady has been pulled out of the Republic of Ireland squad for next week's World Cup qualifiers in a bid to pencil in a surgery date to cure an ongoing hernia problem.

Brady required a painkilling injection to come through Hull City's win over West Ham United on Saturday, where his fourth goal of the season sealed another three points from the penalty spot.

Caretaker boss Noel King, who knows Brady well from his time as Republic of Ireland under-21s boss, was in attendance at the KC Stadium and included the winger in his provisional 26-man squad yesterday to face Germany and Kazakhstan, alongside City team-mates Paul McShane and Stephen Quinn.

However, the nature of Brady's injury means he was later declared unfit for international duty after undergoing a scan. He is still likely to be included for City's clash with Aston Villa this weekend, but is expected to go under the knife straight afterwards.

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It's better that Brady gets the problem sorted as early as possible rather than leaving it until a much longer lay off is required.
He will be missed but I am sure that whoever gets his spot will work hard to keep it their own.